"We don't talk about that anymore," he told fans at New York Comic-Con last autumn. "Because [Guillermo's] busy, and I'm busy. Maybe one day he's going to call and say, 'Hey, let's do it'. But for right now? We're happy discovering new worlds to conquer."

After seeing hope spring again and then be so quickly dashed, we'll just echo Hellboy himself with an: "Ah crap!"